Nolin State Park Campground

Absolutely beautiful the grounds did have trees it was small and quaint and well maintained. Our first time there now if it's your first time the water is clear and safe to swim I know there are no swimming and wading signs everywhere in the Park!!! I guess that's for safety measures? Because the locals and anyone that's boating they all swim in the lake. The lake is stunning. The friendly staff at the front gate check in were so helpful thank you for your kindness. We will see you next year or maybe a winter trip can't wait.

Pros: Stayed for 5 days on site #17 after Christmas into New Year 2024-2025. We practically had the place to ourselves with a few other rvs in and out during our stay. Our site was perfect, which had a relatively flat path to the water since the other sites were slightly higher in elevation and didnt offer the easy walk to the water. Each site was super spread out and not crammed on top of one another which is the biggest bonus compared to a KOA. Our site had only electric and water with the dump station right behind registration. Sally at the desk was super helpful with our last-minute late night check-in and throughout our stay. Bathrooms and showers were not updated but extremely clean, although we didn't use it ourselves. They had an escape room, which was pretty challenging for my husband and I (since our 1.5 and 3 year old wasn't too helpful🤣). If you drive thru Mammoth Cave NP beware there is a boat ferry ride you have to take and not sure if they allow rvs in it or not. Cave city was within 40 min drive which has the dinosaur world worth checking out of you have little ones and sky's the limit trampoline place we visited to entertain the kids. One of the biggest highlights of our trip was Kentucky down under adventure zoo which was soo much fun. You rent a golf cart to drive around to see the animals and for the cave tour which was a 30 min small tour. You definitely don't need the gold cart but it was definitely fun for the kids. Cons: no wifi or phone reception throughout the park. They have little peddles on rv sites that track into the camper especially when it rains that look like cat litter.

We really enjoyed camping here. It is a quiet and quaint campground. Note, we went on Spring break and the lake was recessed a lot, so less options for fishing from land/docks. I am glad we brought plenty of food, as there are limited options around. We also had limited cell service. Nice hiking trails and small waterfall on property. Staff was very friendly.

Site # 30. Our son enjoyed walking right down behind our site to fish. The beach is open, has a very shady picnic area, kayak rentals and can launch your own kayak from beside the beach area. Site 30 doesn't have a ton of shade in the late afternoon but the camper provides shade itself. There seems to be little to no park attendees? We arrived at the 2 pm (central time) check in but the registration office was closed. We just came in and set up. Bring your own trash bags and plenty of ice since the registration office is hit and miss for being open to buy ice. Otherwise a very nice campground.

Great campground! Very kid friendly as they have a playground. The bathhouse was well cleaned and the grounds were well maintained. Picnic tables are throughout the park. You can rent kayaks, however there aren’t any trails that we could find other than the path to the beach.